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Newcleus was an American electro and old school hip hop group that gained popularity in the early 1980s. The group is primarily known for its 12-inch single "Jam-On's Revenge" (re-released as "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)" (1983)) and "Jam on It" (1984).
The original plan was to have "Computer Age" be the group's second single, but Sunnyview requested a second hip hop song, which led to "Jam on Revenge", a song adapted from rhymes adapted from the days when Jam-On played parties in parks. [3] Following the success of "Jam On It", Sunnyview requested an album from the group. [3]
Nucleus was a British jazz-fusion band, which continued in different forms from 1969 to 1989. [1] In 1970, the band won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival , released the album Elastic Rock , and performed both at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Village Gate jazz club.
"Steppin Thru" led the way, continuing their streak of successful singles. "Breath" was the next one, featuring one of their best known videos courtesy of Todd McFarlane, a Canadian artist primarily known for comic books like Spawn, also the music video ended up reaching #1 MuchMusic's Top 30 Countdown. [4]
The nucleus of "Blood for Poppies" came from sessions Shirley Manson held to write her abandoned solo album project. [4] The track began as a dub-style jam. [5] The song kept being refined to its component groove and bassline as Manson refined her own vocal approach to the track. [3]
The album's title was inspired by the song "Typical Sagittarius", which the band wrote for the album, but chose not to include in the final cut. [9] Other songs recorded but left off of the finished album include "I Can Translate" which was released as a B-Side on the limited "Jam It in the Hole" single and as a bonus track on European iTunes downloads of the album.
A video was released for the single, "The Artery Song." The band announced that their greatest hits album, Nucleus, which will feature English-language versions of their songs, will be released on 29 March 2019 by Nuclear Blast Records.
The song contains positive messages about "chasing your dreams", and to "live it up" because "our world is free". [23] Baker described the Soul Sonic Force's rapper G.L.O.B.E. as the genius of the group. G.L.O.B.E. described himself as an "MC popper" a style Baker summarized as rapping "sort of half-time thing.